|
| Cloudy with a Chance of Reindeer by Alison McDonald |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 68 minutes. [Estimated!] One-act or full-length, depending on the number and length of songs used. |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Panto with an original festive story. Structurally in two acts but in length on the boundary between one and two acts. |
| Synopsis | The wicked McScrooge thinks he can make more money from Christmas if Santa is eliminated. Can a reindeer minder, his mum, some elves and the B-list reindeer rescue Santa and save Christmas? |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Daisy Does It Again by Peter Ayre |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. The usual panto juxtapositions apply. Two actors are assumed for Daisy, the pantomime cow. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act English pantomime. |
| Synopsis | The evil Sherriff is looking for a beautiful woman to marry and wants Maid Marion, but her bandit boyfriend, Eric Hood, won't hear of it. Can Buttons fool the Sherriff long enough to allow Eric and his outlaws to storm the castle? All this and a psychic cow! |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Daisy Saves the Day by Peter Ayre |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Charcaters include a pantomime cow. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for 4 songs are made in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short pantomime (a one-act panto by length, but divided into two acts!) |
| Synopsis | The villainous Mondays seem to be behind a spate of cow-nappings that have depleted local herds. Now the only cow left is the amazing Daisy, whose milk has magical restorative powers. Can our heroes keep Daisy safe from the villains and sort out their love lives into the bargain? |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
|
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Dick Whittington and His Cat [Adult Version] by Rob Thorn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Twelve principals plus chorus. (In this incarnation, both Whittington and Sarah, the cook need to be played by men. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An Adult Pantomime - British panto format, but a lot of innuendo and adult jokes. Not specifically musical, but there is scope for adding songs. |
| Synopsis | A rip-roaring 'in-your-face' side-splitting gallop through the Dick Whittington story full of innuendo and double entendre. Not for the faint hearted, this panto is full of pace, hilarity and fun for audience and cast alike. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Esmerelda and the Baron by Leo Finn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. The characters include a tree (always good for a wooden performance). |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short British pantomime designed for a small cast on a small stage with minimal scenery. |
| Synopsis | The evil Baron Grim rules the land since the mysterious death of the Duke and his wife. He wants to uncover the charms of young Esmerelda, but she has fallen in love with the stranger, young Hott, who is really the Prince. Will true love triumph? Of course it will. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
|
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Frumps-a-Daisy by Susan Vesey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Characters include a cat and a mouse. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Nine songs are suggested in the Production Notes with original lyrics provided. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Sparkling, original one-act pantomime. |
| Synopsis | The King of Vislania returns from a world cruise with a new wife, a stepmother for his beautiful daughter, Princess Daisy. Princess Daisy visits the Kingdoms of Ice, Fire, and Water in her attempts to keep up with the demands of her wicked stepmother. Along with her friends Cat and Mouse and Dilly the cook she encounters the Snowman, the Gingerbread Man and the Rainbow Queen in the magical kingdoms who all help with her tasks. All is well in the end as the old retainer Pickles is released from his enchantment and is revealed as the handsome Prince Phillip who woos Daisy and all live happily ever after. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
|
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Goose Joose by Russell Gillman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Characters include Geraldine the Goose, who is described as a puppet controlled by other characters but could also be someone in a goose costume. It's styled as a British pantomime, so the usual panto juxtapositions apply. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Mini panto - some panto conventions, but crammed into a very short production. Minimal set. |
| Synopsis | Daffodil farm is in trouble - unless the animals eat their food and the goose starts laying again, nothing will sell at the market! Dame Daffodil sends her daughter to find a man to help them out, but she's kidnapped by Wizard Fafafafafafa! Can heroic Peter Thigh save her and the farm? |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
|
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Hansel & Gretel...? (A Postmodern Pantomime) [One-Act] by Luke Reilly |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The script requires a non-speaking usher as part of the cast, but also a volunteer from the audience (a genuine volunteer, not a plant) who is given some lines to read, so needs a script but is not part of the cast. (We warned you it was postmodern.) |
| Run Time | Around 56 minutes. [Estimated!] Timing allows for 8 songs. |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script contains alternative lyrics for the 8 suggested songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act, small-cast postmodern pantomime. (A pantomime, but also exposing the mechanics of the show, with the director appearing on stage.) |
| Synopsis | Enigmatic director Mal Sixsmith invites you to an open rehearsal of Hansel & Gretel, but are his cast ready for opening night? It's leading lady Toni's first gig, but she's distracted by her crush on co-leading lady Bill. Meanwhile, Simon the Dame believes his talents are wasted and is keen to catch the bus home. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
Hansel and Gretel by Sally Gander
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Includes a pantomime dame (usually, but not necessarily played by a man), but doesn't have a formal 'principal boy' role. The chorus includes sniggering goblins and a pantomime owl! |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Opportunities for music at the discretion of the producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short British Pantomime, suitable for performance by children or adults. (Technically a two-act play, because there are two acts, but classified as a one-act, because it's not long enough to need an interval!) |
| Synopsis | A few unconventional twists to the Grimm brothers' tale. The witch wants an extention for her cottage. Enter the odd job men, Short and Sweet. (Given that it's a gingerbread cottage, this is a really odd job.) Meanwhile, Hansel and Gretel have got lost in the woods (by following an escaped cake!) and their mother (Dame Betty Knott) is going frantic. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
|
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Hansom and Petal by Anne Bourke |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 39. Chorus. Whilst some of the characters are written with a specific gender, this is a pantomime, and it doesn't really matter who plays which. |
| Run Time | Around 67 minutes. [Estimated!] Timing includes an estimate for 8 songs; the production may use fewer. |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script has suggestions for 8 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act pantomime aimed at performance by a school class. Minimal sets. (Locations indicated by a sign bearer.) |
| Synopsis | The classic tale of Hansel and Gretel is given a panto spin and a modern sensibility in this script, designed for an Elementary schools production. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
|
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|